 | Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1807 - 476 pages
...g-:>7OT3*i as before. The arithmetical complement of any number is the difference between that number and 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the number; thus the arithmetical complement of 57 is 43, which is the difference ofs/ and 100; and therefore... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...any number whatever, but the denominator of the latter, when expressed, is always 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the decimal. The least common multiple is the least number, which can be so divided without a remainder.... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1832 - 366 pages
...thousandth•s place ; that is, -003. Take, now, i and ^ ; adding, then, by No. 6, we get ~, simplified ^, which, written with the point, is simply -46. We may...number, and a denominator consisting of 1, with as many cyphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator : so -3034 is the same thing ^ S 16. These simple... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 344 pages
...written : the numerator is written with a point prefixed to it, and the denominator is understood to be a 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. Thus, .3 is ^; .31 is -j3J5; .316 is 3JL6 . Iooo> 1. Write upon the slate, the decimals expressing the tollowino-... | |
 | Benjamin Snowden - 1835 - 108 pages
...A. £4 17s. lid. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS have an unit understood for their denominator, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator ; and are written with a point prefixed, as '2, -34, -064. which are re.ul thus; -2, twotenths ; 34,... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...place ; that is, -003. Take, now, Taand 155 » adding, then,, by No. 6, we get j^?, simplified il, which, written with the point is simply -4,6. We may...number, and a denominator consisting of 1, with as many cyphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator : thus, -3034 is the same thing as ^ . 16. These... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 380 pages
...expressed by a numerator which is that number, and a denominator consisting of 1, with as many cyphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator : thus, -3034 is the same thing as ^ 16. These simple statements being understood, all that follows will be easy. The principle being... | |
 | James Thomson (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1837 - 296 pages
...fraction in the septenary scale of notation, whose denominator in that scale may be expressed by a unit with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the numerator. -Atisw. The numerator will be -381361361, &c. or -S'ei-. 26. If a merchant each year increase his capital... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 298 pages
...What, then, will always be the denominator of a decimal fraction ? A. It will always be an unit or 1, with as many ciphers annexed, as there are figures in the decimal expression. Q. From what do decimal fractions arise, and how are they produced ? A. They, like... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1839 - 324 pages
...place ; that is, -003. Take, now, -j\ and jfa ; adding, then, by No. 6, we get^6^-, simplified T^, which, written with the point, is simply "46. We may...in the numerator : thus, '3034 is the same thing as .$£$&. 16. These simple statements being understood, all that follows will be easy. The principle... | |
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The denominator of a decimal, though never expressed, is always the unit, 1, with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the decimal. 
